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  3. INQUIRY

    in Looking to Adopt

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    Hi Melissa,

    I think it's a wonderful idea and can only help you! I had four years of Spanish in high school and after that barely used it at all... until we began sponsoring a child in Guatemala in 2005 and wanted to write letters to our sponsor child that the organization wouldn't have to translate. Then we visited Guatemala a couple times and ended up living there for almost two years, so my Spanish improved a lot. I still wouldn't describe myself as fluent, because I really have to concentrate when hearing Spanish on the phone... There are no non-verbal contextual clues or lips to read! Listening on the radio can be hard for the same reason. But I can certainly hold my own in person or in letters/emails.

    I think it will be a great benefit for you to be able to speak to birth families in Spanish, because it demonstrates your commitment to the culture and also shows that you're making an effort to make them comfortable and respect their native language. Beyond that I can't offer insight into whether it's helped people be matched, because we've never done a domestic adoption. We're hoping to change that soon, though! smile.gif

    Erin

    Erin,

    Remember the family maybe Hispanic but they may not speak Spanish. I know this happened with our Birth Parents, they new a few words but that was it.

    Paula

  15. The Extra Mile

    in Abrazo's Chapel Potluck

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    I have 2 different examples that I was going to use to show how they go the extra mile!

    Match/Placement

    Our match/placement, on how Elizabeth was our guardian angel that day. From checking with us throught out the night, we orginally got the call at 6 pm on Tuesday before Thanksgiving of McKenna's case. Elizabeth checked in with us many times that night, checking to see if we had any questions about the case and to see how we were doing. I remember the last PM that we received from Elizabeth was at 1 AM, telling us to get some sleep laugh.gif !!!

    Then our placement was a rough one, Mama Anna had so many emotions and ended up expressing them to me. My thought at the time was to put myself in her shoes and how would I act? Elizabeth was AWESOME, she was able to difuse the situation the best that she could.

    Daddy Edurado

    The next example was 2 years ago when Daddy Edurado was killed. Angela was watching the nightly news and thought she recognized the name. She got in the next morning and started to research to make sure it was him. After finding out it was, she found out what the arrangements were and she had the task to call us.

    I believe things happen for a reason, we were on our way to Camp Abrazo and we had a delay in the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. We were in a panic, what do we do? We decided that we needed to attend the visitation and Rosary service. We caught our next flight and raced to the office, (we had to stop at Target to get a polo for Scott since we didn't have clothes, we had shorts and t-shirts).

    The Abrazo chicks were amazing, everyone who was working went with us to the service. Remind you this is camp weekend and there was a lot to do!

    We had no idea what we were walking into that day. How would Mama Anna react to us? Does his family know about McKenna? We found out quickly that the family had no idea about McKenna. We were so happy that the chicks were there with us on that day. The family was so greatful that we were there.

    We are so greatful of Abrazo, what agency would make us feel like part of the family? If we were at another agency would they go with us to the memorial service? We are so thankful that we are with Abrazo! The chicks rock!!

    Paula & Scott

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